Capt. James Warren Clift

1829 - 1910  (80 years)

• Name	James Warren Clift
  Prefix	Capt.
  Born	21 Jul 1829	Knox County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	8 Mar 1910	Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee
  Person ID	I18	Soddy-Daisy-Roots
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2009

  
  

  Father	Colonel William Clift,   b. 5 Dec 1795, Greene County, Tennessee ,   d. 17 Feb 1886, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Nancy Arwin Brooks,   b. 22 Feb 1795, Knox County, Tennessee ,   d. 17 Aug 1847, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 52 years)
  Married	25 Apr 1823	Knox County, Tennessee   [1]
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Jane McKenzie,   b. 26 May 1835, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 23 Apr 1907, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 71 years)
  Married	27 Dec 1849	Harrison, Hamilton County, Tennessee   [1, 2]
  Children	1. Nancy Elizabeth Clift,   b. 0Feb 1852, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 29 Dec 1928, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 76 years)   2. Wingenund Clift,   b. 24 Oct 1854, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 7 Nov 1855, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 1 years)   3. William J. Clift,   b. 26 Sep 1856, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 5 Jul 1913, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas  (Age 56 years)   4. Albert B. Clift,   b. 27 Feb 1859, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Jun 1864, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 5 years)   5. Nina Wallace Clift,   b. 28 Oct 1861, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Mar 1888, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 26 years)   6. James Edward Clift,   b. 19 Feb 1866, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Sep 1871, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 5 years)   7. Wallace Clift,   b. 10 Jul 1868, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 20 May 1945, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 76 years)   8. Joseph Winfield Clift,   b. 30 May 1871, Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. 29 Jul 1949, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age 78 years)   9. Dr Joseph William Clift,   b. Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 82 years)   10. Effie Aldine Clift,   b. Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee ,   d. Soddy, Hamilton County, Tennessee  (Age ~ 67 years)
  Last Modified	22 May 2018
  Family ID	F20	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  J. W. Clift, bookkeeper and manager of the Soddy Coal Company store since 1874, and one of the principal stockholders of the same, was born in 1828. He is a son of William and Nancy A. (Brooks) Clift, and was born and reared in Hamilton County. He was educated principally at the common schools, and attended two terms at Harrison Academy. In 1849 he married Miss McKenzie, a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth F. (Huston) McKenzie. Nine children were the fruits of this union, six of whom are living: Nancy E. (Mrs. Miles); William, bookkeeper for the Soddy Coal Company; Nina Wallace, Joseph W., Aldine, Wingenund (deceased), Bruce and James. Mr. Clift is of Scotch-Irish descent. In 1861 he enlisted in the war and served almost continuously until the final surrender. He was made captain of Company A, Thirty-sixth Tennessee Infantry, and upon the reorganization he came home for a short time. He enlisted shortly after in Capt. Starne's company, Fourth Tennessee Cavalry, and was promoted to a lieutenancy, and shortly thereafter detached and placed upon duty in the adjutant-general's department where he served until the close of the war. He was paroled at Meridian, Miss., May 13, 1865. Mr. Clift is actively engaged in several mining and manufacturing enterprises. He is one of the principal stockholders in the Soddy Coal Company, Walden's Ridge Coal Company, of Sale Creek, Tennessee, and in the Owita Coal Company, of Arkansas, and he is also connected with the rolling mill, at Chattanooga. The Soddy Coal Mines were first opened by a company of Welshmen from Ohio in 1867. Mr. Clift is a Democrat in politics, and he and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. Goodspeed's "History of East Tennessee" 1887

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] The History of Hamilton County and Chattanooga Tennessee, Volume I, Zella Armstrong, (The Lookout Publishing Company, (c) 1931; reprinted The Overmountain Press, 1993), ISBN 0-932807-91-7., Page 398. [S34] Hamilton County Tennessee Early Marriages, Hamilton County Tennessee Genealogical Society, (www.hctgs.org). Joseph William Clift – Mary Jane McKensie – Dec. 27, 1849